What
are ghosts, apparitions, and various spiritual
creatures? The definitions of a ghost as
defined in Wikipedia is
the following:

"In
folklore,
a ghost
(sometimes known as an apparition,
haunt,
phantom,
poltergeist,
shade,
specter
or spectre,
spirit,
spook,
and wraith)
is the soul
or spirit
of a dead person
or animal that can appear to the living. In ghostlore,
descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or
barely visible wispy shapes, to realistic, lifelike visions. The deliberate
attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy,
or in spiritism
as a séance.

The
belief in the existence of an afterlife,
as well as manifestations of the spirits of the dead is widespread, dating back
to animism
or ancestor
worship in pre-literate cultures. Certain religious practices—funeral
rites, exorcisms,
and some practices of spiritualism
and ritual
magic—are specifically designed to rest the spirits of the dead. Ghosts
are generally described as solitary, human-like essences, though stories of
ghostly armies and the ghosts of animals rather than humans have also been
recounted.[2][3]
They are believed to haunt particular locations,
objects, or people they were associated with in life.

Yes,There are definitely some sort
of spirit beings and they do exist in certain
places. Many Christians would call them
demons. Other people think they are
spirits of dead people. I remember many
years ago, I received an email and message on my
message board from a Ghost Society. The
person called my explanation of ghosts
simplistic (I thought ghost were demons.) The
person from the Society told me they are spirits of dead
people.

I lived in a
house that had a ghost for about two
years. I was in my living room relaxing on
my sofa when I saw a long, narrow black shadow
passing by the room. This was an a very
old remodeled cabin in the woods of
Minnesota. The spirit was real , I
knew the thing was a spirit of some sort.
I pulled out all my Christian spiritual
warfare: commanded it to leave in the name
of Jesus Christ, anointed every room in the
house with anointing oil, prayed over every room
in the house especially the basement. The
thing was still active. It made rattling
noises in the basement, doors open and shut
doors periodically while I was upstairs. My
husband would not acknowledge the thing finally
told me that he was watching TV and locked all
the doors; he stated the basement door opened
and slammed shut.

The thing did not
have the usual characteristics of a demon
because it did not attempt any direct
communication and did not seem to want to begin
a possession procedure. I kept doing
spiritual battle for about two years. The thing was still in the house but the activity
lessened. Finally, one day we moved to a
different state. I prayed this thing would
not follow us. Thankfully, it did not
follow. What was it? I don't know
and don't want to know. Ghosts,
apparitions and various spiritual creature
should not be encouraged by attention--maybe the
ghost society knows what they are and maybe they
don't.

There are a few
TV programs about ghosts and spiritual
beings. The ghost hunter spends time and
money trying to help the people being haunted
and the ghost to go over to the "other
side." Sometimes it works or
not. I assume that the stories are true
but TV does have a habit of embellishing the
facts.

I do not want
ghosts, apparitions or spiritual creatures near
me. They could be demons and that is all I
need to know. I hope you stay spiritually
safe and not go there.